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for apprentices doing covered work. <br />3-(b) The minimum hour and minimum time requirements for each period are in addition to all minimum <br />hour and minimum time requirements for previous periods. The applicable percentage for <br />periods 2, 3, and 4 above shall not apply until the Apprentice has completed all of the minimum <br />hour and minimum time requirements for all previous periods and all other requirements of the <br />Apprenticeship Program for all previous periods. Employers shall contact the Apprentice <br />Coordinator and the appropriate Business Representative responsible for the placement and <br />wage rates of Apprentices to confirm the applicable wage rate percentage for each Apprentice. <br />4. Ratio. The maximum number of Apprentices for each Journeyworker shall be a ratio of 1:5 for <br />each Employer and 1:3 on each job. Any Employer employing at least five (5) Journeyworkers <br />may choose to employ one (1) apprentice, if available. To avoid the layoff of Journeyworkers <br />currently employed by an Employer, Apprentices will be placed by the Union with an Employer <br />when the Employer makes the next available request for manpower. <br />5. Work. The Employer shall be responsible for the training of each Apprentice on the job. The <br />Employer shall take reasonable steps to assign vehicles and work to an Apprentice in a manner <br />that allows said Apprentice to meet his on-the-job training requirements under the Apprenticeship <br />Program. <br />Coordinator. It shall be the responsibility of the Apprentice Coordinator and the appropriate <br />Business Representative responsible for the placement and wage rates of Apprentices to rotate <br />Apprentices among Employers to insure that all Apprentices receive on-the-job training in all <br />facets of the Construction Driver trade. In making such rotations, however, they shall take <br />reasonable steps to avoid disruptions to the operations of an Employer and to keep an Apprentice <br />with an Employer if the Employer requests to retain the Apprentice and the Employer has work <br />available for the Apprentice that will allow said Apprentice to meet his on-the-job training <br />requirements under the Apprenticeship Program, <br />ARTICLE 12 <br />SHIFT WORK <br />Employees assigned to the 2nd or afternoon shift on a two shift operation, shall be paid an <br />additional fifty cents ($.50) per hour. Employees assigned to the 2nd or afternoon shift on a three shift <br />operation shall be paid an additional twenty-five cents ($.25) per hour and employees assigned to the 3rd <br />or night shift shall be paid an additional fifty cents ($0.50) per hour. Where work is being carried on <br />constantly by two or more shifts, each shift shall be allowed twenty (20) minutes for lunch with pay. <br />However, the Employer may, at his own option, also schedule employees on the 2nd shift or 3rd shift as <br />follows: 4:30 P.M. to 12:00 Midnight with % hour for lunch included; 12;00 Midnight to 7:30 A.M. with '/ <br />hour for lunch included. <br />Employees so scheduled shall be guaranteed a minimum of eight (8) hours work or pay at their straight <br />time hourly rate, except when inclement weather stops work in which case the provisions of Article 7, <br />section 3 shall apply. <br />ARTICLE 13 <br />HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS <br />The Employer shall pay the following amounts per hour for each employee covered by the <br />provisions of this Agreement for all hours worked into CENTRAL STATES SOUTHEAST AND <br />SOUTHWEST AREAS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND (CENTRAL STATES WELFARE FUND), an <br />irrevocable trust heretofore created by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Trust Agreement) <br />pursuant to a Collective Bargaining Agreement between certain Employers and the Union. The Fund shall <br />16 <br />